In general, each species of fruit fly in the Hawaiian archipelago is restricted to a single island. One hypothesis to explain this pattern is that new species formed after a small number of flies colonized each new island

This mechanism of speciation is called
A) artificial selection.
B) genetic equilibrium.
C) assortative mating.
D) the founder effect.
E) sexual selection.


D

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